Gatwick drone police say 'there may never have been a drone at all'

mirror.co.uk

19 points·joe_the_user··5 comments

Well, this is an interesting turn of events. I did consider this a possibility of mass hysteria. It might not have been, but the fact that the police considers this a possibility does impact the scales a bit in my view.

I am a bit surprised though because if 67 people reported these sighings, _something_ had to be there that prompted them.

This is gross incompetence (in either case: the drone existing or not), multiple people here should be stepping down or be fired. What an embarrassment to Gatwick, to Sussex, and to the UK.

Prediction: no one will be fired.

From what I can gather, reading this and the linked to article:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/gatwick-drone-boss-man...

The arrested guy once possessed a drone (that he sold a few months ago).

He and his wife were arrested (and their house raided) seemingly only based on a tip-off:

>Mr Tingley said the arrests made on Friday night were as a result of a tip-off from a member of the public.

>"I'm completely satisfied the arrests were lawful, bearing in mind the burden of proof and likely suspicion at the time of arrest," he said.

It seems to me a lot like a case of (possibly mass-hysteria originated) UK "swatting" (hopefully without an actual SWAT team breaking in).

GDPR compliant: http://archive.is/6tSgg

Seems relevant to the drone discussions here

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